-- Strong waves in Central America destroy buildings, prompt evacuations, The Associated Press reports. CNN working to confirm.
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Waves destroy homes in Central America 4 minutes ago
A South Pacific storm sent waves crashing into Central America thousands of miles (kilometers) across the ocean, destroying at least 20 homes and a small hotel in Nicaragua and Guatemala, civil defense authorities said Tuesday.
The Hurricane Center in Miami said the waves were caused by a strong south Pacific storm that was sending up 10 to 12-foot swells across the Pacific.
Authorities ordered evacuations in Nicaragua as reports of high tides came in from Mexico and several Central American countries.
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A South Pacific storm sent waves crashing into Central America thousands of miles (kilometers) across the ocean, destroying at least 20 homes and a small hotel in Nicaragua and Guatemala, civil defense authorities said Tuesday.
The Hurricane Center in Miami said the waves were caused by a strong south Pacific storm that was sending up 10 to 12-foot swells across the Pacific.
Authorities ordered evacuations in Nicaragua as reports of high tides came in from Mexico and several Central American countries.
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How is this off topic. It's about a storm.
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15-foot waves destroy homes in Nicaragua 5 minutes ago
Big waves generated by a storm thousands of miles away battered Central America's Pacific Coast on Tuesday, destroying at least 20 houses in Nicaragua and a small hotel in Guatemala, civil defense officials said. There were no reports of fatalities.
Authorities ordered 200 people evacuated in Nicaragua as reports of high tides came in from Mexico and several Central American countries.
Officials said the event was not a tsunami.
Huge Cobb, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said the waves were caused by a powerful South Pacific storm that was sending swells up to 12-feet high across the ocean, hitting beaches from Ecuador's Galapagos Islands to the Mexican resort of Acapulco.
Central America was the hardest hit Tuesday, but Cobb said the worst was over and the waves should began to subside.
"They should start coming down over the next several days," he said. "We expect them to gradually subside over the next 24 to 48 hours."
The manager of a small in Guatemala reported that the structure was wrecked by waves, but other details weren't immediately available.
In Nicaragua, 15-foot waves carried water up to 100 yards inland and destroyed about 20 small homes in Puerto Corinto, civil defense official William Rodriguez said.
The government sent 75 Nicaraguan soldiers, firefighters and rescue workers to help with the evacuations.
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Big waves generated by a storm thousands of miles away battered Central America's Pacific Coast on Tuesday, destroying at least 20 houses in Nicaragua and a small hotel in Guatemala, civil defense officials said. There were no reports of fatalities.
Authorities ordered 200 people evacuated in Nicaragua as reports of high tides came in from Mexico and several Central American countries.
Officials said the event was not a tsunami.
Huge Cobb, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said the waves were caused by a powerful South Pacific storm that was sending swells up to 12-feet high across the ocean, hitting beaches from Ecuador's Galapagos Islands to the Mexican resort of Acapulco.
Central America was the hardest hit Tuesday, but Cobb said the worst was over and the waves should began to subside.
"They should start coming down over the next several days," he said. "We expect them to gradually subside over the next 24 to 48 hours."
The manager of a small in Guatemala reported that the structure was wrecked by waves, but other details weren't immediately available.
In Nicaragua, 15-foot waves carried water up to 100 yards inland and destroyed about 20 small homes in Puerto Corinto, civil defense official William Rodriguez said.
The government sent 75 Nicaraguan soldiers, firefighters and rescue workers to help with the evacuations.
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